Q: Low power when engine cold takes forever to fire up when cold starting

asked by on September 23, 2017

When trying to start car after it’s sat for a few hours it takes like 15 seconds fire up while cranking it then it runs pretty low on power for a minute or two
My car has a manual transmission.

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